Medium severity · published Mar 4, 2026
CVE-2026-20044
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Command Injection Vulnerability
6.0
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the lockdown mechanism of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform arbitrary commands as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on remediation modules while in lockdown mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the system CLI of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands or code as root, even when the system is in lockdown mode. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) · Cisco
6.4.0.6; 6.4.0.7; 6.4.0.4; 6.4.0.1; 6.4.0.8; 6.4.0.2; +34 more · source: vendor
SF
Secure Firewall Management Center · Cisco
6.4.0 through 6.4.0.18; 7.0.0 through 7.0.8.1; 7.1.0 through 7.1.0.3; 7.2.0 through 7.2.10.2; 7.3.0 through 7.3.1.2; 7.4.0 through 7.4.3; +2 more · source: NVD
Affected product
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)
Cisco
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